Alex

Think I’ve mentioned before that Leazes Park is grade Ii listed. Which would be less of an issue for a building. As grade I is the higher designation. But there’s a lack of existing, Victorian city centre parks outside of London. I think that is surmountable with a will by local government to achieve the project, move existing structures to the ‘new’ part of the park on the old SJP, like Renton mentions. It would also probably by an improvement on the part of the current park they’re looking to build on too. Presumably the NUFC owners would look to help in costs around maintaining it as well. All, imo, better options than rebuilding the current one, and losing capacity in the meantime and moving out of the city centre. The latter would be a real shame

They clearly aren’t that savvy in terms of the electoral system since I doubt many of them did it to hand labour a huge majority. Yet they were a major factor in that and anyone looking into it a bit would have known that was the pre-election prediction too. Focussing on them kind of misses the point imo, in terms of revealing the absurdity of FPTP in a post-truth, multiple party, do your research via Facebook age. To give a more concrete example, the data modelling suggests that if an election were held today, Labour would have a majority of 82 with about 30% of the popular vote. I.e. larger than Johnson’s ‘landslide’ in 2019

Sackable offence imo. At least suspend her until the outcome of an investigation.

Was just about to post that. Accidentally = got caught.

Tbh

Not sure I can see the validity of FPTP in relation to stopping Trump either. Given he’s won once and the simulations give him only a slightly lower chance of winning than Harris. Also, you could conceivably have Reform being the biggest party with less than 30% of the vote. It seemed impossible but look at how they’ve spread the vote and how many seats the Lib Democrats have and how it’s now a 5 horse, rather than a two horse race in England. Apart from FPTP not being fit for purpose, I think that scenario with Reform is more likely than extremism under PR. You have c. 60% of the vote going to ‘progressive’ parties at most GEs anyway. The other thing is FPTP delivering so many Tory governments. Which has essentially created terminal, insular decline

It was largely just to appeal to a selfish, old, Tory cunt demographic. Earlier this year the income for households with pensioners overtook that of working families and they’re still fucking banging on like they’ve been robbed. Those close to the threshold who will struggle are obvious exceptions to this. They should’ve been getting more instead of rolling out to everyone based purely on age.

I don’t know if it’s been advertised as such but they couldn’t give a flying fuck about boosting or knocking a couple of hundred off the attendances for clubs like that. And even if they did and that was the reason it doesn’t work. I go and watch Heaton Stannington a lot and if they’ve got a 3 o’clock home Saturday ko and Newcastle have too, it impacts their attendance quite a bit. And that’s whether Newcastle are home or away. Because of the reasons others have mentioned and the ease in which you can watch through foreign providers

I think she might even be a bit too mental for the membership. Although a lot will genuinely depend on if they fantasise about shagging her. So she’s got that against her too.

Yeah, I know. I was mainly coming at it from the pov of the inevitable escalation and further deaths. Ditto the mass shooting, with the obvious caveat that the loss of life is tragic too. It just seems like a hopeless descent into all out war after the events today with Israel also launching a ground offensive in Lebanon. Fuck knows where this ends up, but even if a truce can be brokered it’ll seemingly be after thousands more deaths.

There’s also reports of several dead and critically injured following a mass shooting in Tel Aviv.

Fuck’s sake.

I’m the same. My dad worked at the civic centre back then and him and my mam took me. But I was about 3, so have absolutely no recollection of it

Sadly not. I think they’re saved up for the TikTok dance routines

I signed up to the Patreon btw. I can get it with Amazon music but I love it and they probably get about 0000.1p per stream on there (if they’re lucky).

I saw Edwards out jogging again in Palmersville on Sunday. You just reminded me. As you were

Can’t see Shy FX sampling that version

I think I have mentioned this before but they fucking despise Dawn Thewlis to pathological levels. As far as I know, her dad played a bit for Newcastle reserves in the 60s. Plus a bit of minor counties cricket for Northumberland. And that’s it

My lass is a cardiovascular nurse and sees it a lot too. Especially the coke and people combining it with weekend binge drinking. And increasingly with younger and younger men usually. And that’s just the ones willing to admit it. So, aye, epidemic is probably a good description.

Case has previously had a period of extended sick leave, so I don’t think there’s anything to suggest there’s more to their announcement

Looking back I think it’s an epidemic that’s just gotten worse and worse. I think you probably need to go back decades for it have been a rich man’s drug. But I do think it’s more widespread (and presumably cheaper?) than ever. Incidentally us and another couple were in the lakes the weekend just gone. We got a taxi back to the place after having a meal and a couple of drinks in Windermere Town. All four of us were of the opinion our driver was coked up. He must’ve been about 45 years old, at a guess. Certainly not a young lad. I know that in itself doesn’t prove anything but it does hint at how commonplace it’s become.

I don’t disagree at all really. Just that’s what I think is probably the legal perspective/justification for making the distinction. I would also guess they’ve introduced sniffer dogs where there’s a perceived issue highlighted by clubs. I would also think it’s absolutely fucking rife so the numbers getting caught are relatively minute

See quite a of young kids round ours on de-limited E-bikes riding like fucking maniacs. Some are clearly being used to deliver drugs. There doesn’t seem to be much clamping down, which is probably due to resources as much as anything. When you see them overtaking cars on the wrong side of the road doing about 40 with no helmet though. Fucking hell, man.

The venue is relevant. That’s why you can issue the banning orders. Not saying it’s right or wrong but the law doesn’t view it in the same way as trying to take it into a nightclub where you have to be 18 to legally be there. Also due to the perceived link between taking drugs and football hooliganism, again in the ‘eyes of the law’. Different context, different punishments. I do agree it’s relatively harsh if the people haven’t done anything else. I’m also with you on coke